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To relax and amuse his mind, he resumed the style of composition that had enchanted him in his youth; he wrote some biographies, amongst others, that of Captain Cook, proposed as a prize-subject by the Academy of Marseilles, and the Life of Gresset. The biography of Gresset first appeared anonymously. This circumstance gave rise to a singular scene, which the author used to relate with a smile.
François Arago - Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men : First Series
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